Tori Ochave
Tori Ochave
Tori Ochave
Staff Artist, she/her
Tori is a fourth year majoring in Studio Art with a minor in Art History. Around grounds, she is an active member of the Organization of Young Filipino Americans and the Fralin Student Docents.
Contact her at jcp9cb@virginia.edu
See Tori’s Work!
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![series of windows]()
Volume II, Issue III: neighbors
art by Tori Ochave, words by Evelyn Pak
Morning rays cast light onto
The sea of blurred faces.
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![green page filled with stamps & postcards]()
'23-24 Print Edition
Tori's Page Designs on pg 7-8
Tori’s Art Featured on pg 13
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![person sitting among many photos]()
Volume II, Issue III: What Do You Do With It All?
art by Tori Ochave, words by Helen Do
The calendar that my roommates and I share
Reads, “O & C in NOVA”
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![the statue of aphrodite]()
Volume II, Issue IV: the birth of afrodite
art by Tori Ochave, words by Naomi Shumpert
Heavens kiss the sea &
I emerge
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![car invoice]()
Volume II, Issue I: A Fourth Year Invoice
art by Tori Ochave, words by Adrian Alora
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![collage of a house breaking down]()
Volume II, Issue II: mansion noise
art by Tori Ochave, words by Sarayu Kurra
A gust of wind rustled dead leaves, as spiders scattered across the creaky floorboards of the eerie mansion.
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![photo of looking out a car window]()
Volume II, Issue I: Estimated Time of Arrival
art by Tori Ochave, words by Aliza Susatijo
What do you think of when you’re on a road trip?
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![collage of photos absent of people]()
Volume II, Issue II: better in stereo
art by Tori Ochave, words by Bhavya
Iddi…
i miss you.
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![girl with star cheeks]()
Volume II, Summer Issue: middle name
art by Tori Ochave, words by Evelyn Pak
On a warm day in June,
Everyone sits huddled around the hospital bed.
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![a boat]()
Volume II, Summer Issue: Umuwi
art by Tori Ochave, words by Patrick Yuson
Malls and skyscrapers,
A sea of concrete and glass,
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![a boy and a pig]()
Volume II, Summer Issue: Pignettes
art by Tori Ochave, words by Gordon Shi
I was the third child my father raised to adulthood. My able-bodied twin brother snatched the title of second place only two minutes before I entered this world. But several decades ago, a pig had already claimed gold.
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![broken dalgona candy]()
Volume I, Issue I: sweetness
art by Tori Ochave, words by Evelyn Pak
We sit at the table, fan whirring softly in the background as I reach over to grab a strawberry from the bowl.
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![girl braiding hair]()
Volume I, Issue I: Grip
art by Tori Ochave, words by Cheryll Caalim
I learned how to say “I love you” straight from my mother’s mouth.
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![dumpling and a penny]()
Volume I, Issue I: Homecoming
art by Tori Ochave, words by Jasmine Wang
It’s January 27th today. Lunar New Year’s Eve.
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![hands holding hands]()
Volume I, Issue I: Inheritance
art by Tori Ochave, words by Wendy Gao
there is a gap
in language
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![ladoos]()
Volume I, Issue I: Ladoos
art by Tori Ochave, words by Bhavya
My mother's hands turned and turned around the clock, creating the most delicious Indian treat I had ever seen. Ladoos.
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![a green leaf]()
Volume I, Issue I: Mimosa pudica
art by Tori Ochave, words by Patrick Yuson
I rest calmly,
Letting the weight
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![the word memory]()
Volume I, Issue I: Letter from the Editors on Memory
art by Tori Ochave
Dear reader,
In the beginning, there were memories.
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![a moon and a letter]()
Volume I, Issue I: The Stuff of Bedtime Stories
art by Tori Ochave, words by Melanie Chuh
Dear Grandfather Ju Sigyeong,
You’ve never met me, but I remember the first time I met you.
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![a bible]()
Volume I, Issue I: to baptize
art by Tori Ochave, words by Cayla Celis
You and I are of the same waters
And still I feel foreign,
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![hands shaving a mango]()
Volume I, Issue I: Mango-Scented Memory
art by Tori Ochave, words by Aliza Susatijo
I’m glad the weather’s getting warmer, soon it’ll be mango season.
